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December 2014 Page 1Newsletter December 2014 Volume 51 No. 8

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PRIZEGIVINGMonday 8 December 2014The ceremony starts at 7.00pm

in the Horncastle Arena, Addington.

Students are requested to be seated by 6.40pm and to be in full winter uniform.

December 2014 Page 2

Student News & ActivitiesGold Award: 50 credits at Excellence level from internal and practice external standards (school examinations). Silver Award: 50 credits at Merit level or above from internal and practice external standards (school examinations).

Internal Academic AwardsLevel 1 GoldRuby Allsop, Yasmin Alsagoff, Josephine Berliner, Abby Birkett, Sneha Bothara, Emily Boyle, Grace Cartwright, Ashley Cho, Hayley Cox, Rose Faulks, Sarah Gabites, Julia Gunn, Sophie Jackson, Tiffany Jagau, Kate Keenan, Sami Kokich, Grace Kortegast, Rebecca Lau, Alicia Loose, Jess Maindonald, Laura Manhire, Gerry McLean, Abigail McPhail, Rebecca Morrison, Jennifer Partington, Stephanie Patient, Claudia Prescott, Grace Ritchie, Lucy Robert, Georgina Sapsford, Yuriko Shiratori, Kate Smith, Rutvi Soni, Laura Thomas, Paige Waddington, Taylor Waddington, Madeline Watson, Rebecca Welsh, Kate Williams, Laura Williams, Holly Williamson.

Level 1 SilverErica Alexander, Natalia Alves, Tennille Arthur, Ellie Ball, Natasha Ball, Emma Bartoszewicz Poole, Kate Bayliss, Jordan Bean, Lucy Bent, Ruby Beresford, Toni Booth, Georgina Boulton, Lucy Brook, Maddy Carson, Nikyta Chesney, Harriet Clyma, Alice Commons, Grace Cooper, Tayla Crawford, Sammi Darrell, Tei Driver, Megan Eggleston, Kate Enright, Aimee Flynn, Cassidy Gray, Renee Green, Maisie Hance, Katharine Heard, Abi Holder, Keeley Hughes, Jordyn Jamieson, Sarah Jo, Emily Kay, Elizabeth Kingston, Sarah Kirk, Olivia Knight, Aleisha Laird, Mairi Mackenzie, Marian Maranan, Mikayla Massaar, Emily Monkman, Tatiyana Naylor, Milan Richmond, Olivia Ridgen, Meg Roberts, Holly Sexton, Georgia Shaw, Kaylah Sinclair, Amy Smith, Lani Smith, Monique Spence, Anna Stevenson, Charlotte Sullivan, Ella Sullivan, Georgina Taylor, Tessa Taylor, Molli Thacker, Rebecca Thomas, Taina Tuipulotu, Elle Verkerk, Samantha Wiffen, Tessa Williamson, Ebony Wilson, Eva Wright, Elle Wykes.

Level 2 GoldShayna Black, Katie Brolan, Alice Burgess, Rebecca Chrystal, Sophia Davies, Freya Dixon, Connie Dwyer, Poppy Fowler-Blyth, Emi Frost, Kate Gibb, Isabella Griffiths, Hannah Kenneally, Emily Lai, Olivia Lynch, Sienna MacArthur-Beadle, Alice McAtamney, Grace Partridge, Anna Percy, Grace Puentener-King, Katie Shaw, Zoe Smith, Seoyun Song, Juliette Soule, Jessica Taylor, Holly Tudehope, Jordan Whitteker-Love, Brooke Williams, Petra Williamson, Siana Worthington.


Level 2 SilverMaddie Abell, Abby Bent, Millie Brooker, Rebecca Brooker, Rosa Bull, Katie Caldwell, Madeleine Conway, Kate Copeland, Rachael Crichton, Demelza Dalglish, Natasha Dickison, Ella Dixon, Greta Eaton, Georgina Ellison, Mia Evans, Maisie Evison, Harriet France, Chavvah Freeman, Emma Grace, Millie Hanford, Maddie Harris, Annabelle Hill, Olivia Hore, Kristen Howes, Cassandra Irvine, Katherine Kennedy, Annabelle Kerr, Kate Knight, Joanna Kuang, Sabrina Lee, Kaylie Leung, Deana Low, Chantal Mahan, Alice McAtamney, Grace Munro, Ruby-Rose O’Brien, Nicola Robinson, Megan Shaw, Aleisha Smith, Ashleigh Smith, Georgia Smith, Jaclyn Smith, Leah Tuckerman, Holly Tudehope, Amy Vallance, Anna Woods.

Level 3 GoldKate Bennett, Mia Brooke, Helena Chen, Anna Cotterrell, Meghan Dunn, Sophie Jones, Rachel Kennedy, Belinda Kilian, Shani Lim, Rachel Ling, Jovita Manickam, Hannah Ramsay, Anna Urquhart, Madelaine Westmerland-Drysdale, Kaya Williams-Tuschling.

Level 3 SilverIsabella Berliner, Hannah Boyd, Caitlin Bruce, Alice Carrell, Rosie Chalmers, Annaliese Cooper, Monique Cranko, Hannah Farquhar, Olivia Gray, Hilary Hanton, Isabella Hutchison, Debbie Je, June Jung, Elise Le Compte, Jing Tao Li, Brooke Newlove, Ruby Oliver, Jane Park, Stella Radburnd, Maya Robinson, Ella Underdown-Gray, Lucy Woods.


IDEATION 14 - YEAR 13 GRAPHICS EXHIBITION

Thank you to all those parents and students who attended the inaugural Year 13 Graphics exhibition held in the staffroom in week 3. The students produced an outstanding exhibition of work showing their design proposals for buildings for the school. Many of the designs consisted of presentation boards, models and computer animated fly throughs allowing the viewers to understand their vision for the future of Girls’ High.

An enjoyable evening was had by all and congratulations to the Graphics students for such an impressive display. The bar has been set for the future.


CGHS GRAPHICS STUDENTS GIFT THEIR WORK TO CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL CHILDREN’S WARD

Thank you to all the Year 10 Graphics students who worked so hard to produce Playdoh gift packs for the children. Four representatives of the class went to Christchurch Hospital and presented the Children’s ward with their packs. The packs contained 2 pots of playdoh and 2 cutters made on the 3D printer, all blister packed in a themed gift packaging.

A wonderful effort, gratefully received. The children’s ward is already using the toys in their activities room and for children in isolation.

Well done girls!

L-R: Mr Frier, Madison Hansby, Emily Nicholson-Sell, Emma Glover, Allegra Maslem and 2 Staff from the Christchurch Hospital Childrens’ Activity Centre.


YEAR 9 FUN DAYThis year our year 9 excursion day was changed to a school based activity. Nevertheless it was still a special event and from the girls came a plethora of positive comments. The day began with a presentation to World Vision of $1966.00 that we collected at a mufti day earlier in the year for the Solomon Islands after their flooding, tsunami and earthquake. World Vision are going to deliver the money on our behalf due to the generosity of our students.We then had presentations to Tayla Rose Ahlabrandt, Hannah Bates, Izzy Clarke, Stella Dalgliesh, Lucinda Hutchinson and Olivia Shaw . These students received Tino Pai Rawa Atu Badges because they were nominated by three or more teachers for doing their very best and demonstrating personal excellence in learning.James and Christian from Attitude (programme for schools nation wide) took over at this point and with their flair for comedy and insight delivered an insightful seminar on friendship, self esteem and managing the tricky road being true to yourself. They were both fun and educational.We all shared an amazing morning tea that the girls had prepared. The choice and quality of food was outstanding and everyone enjoyed a half hour of treats and socializing. Once refreshed the morning ended with some games and a emotional resiliency toolbox activity.

YEAR 10 SCIENCE FUTUREINTECH AMBASSADOR’S VISITSLast week the Year 10 Science classes were looking at careers involving Science, Maths and Technology. Each class had a visit from 2 careers ambassadors. A Futureintech ambassador is a young person working in a science related career, who freely gives of their time to talk to school students. We were visited by Victoria Worner (ex CGHS) a Structural Engineer from Opus, Rebecca Dollery an Ecologist from Lincoln University, Rebecca Day a Lab Scientist from Canterbury Health Laboratories, Michelle Peterson a Soil Scientist from Plant and Food Research, Sophie Kennedy from Fulton Hogan, Lilly Sanderson a Civil Engineer from Opus, Eva Harris, an Environmental Scientist at ECan and Jenny Elder a Site Engineer at Opus. Our girls heard stories of how these young women came to be interested in science, the subjects they did at school and beyond, their pathway to their current job and why they enjoy it. We heard about the work these women did and some of the fascinating science they were involved in. Futureintech have an excellent website which the girls then explored and read about lots more interesting careers in this field.


YEAR 9 SCIENCE ROADSHOW VISITThe Year 9 students really enjoyed their Science Roadshow experience this week. They were treated to two very entertaining shows as well as a large number of hands-on experiments, practical activities and demonstrations. Some important biological principles where explained in a humorous and memorable way in the first show and the second one had a chemistry theme culminating in some exciting pops and bangs. It really was an action-packed 80 minutes of thrills and wonder.


PC4G (PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE FOR GIRLS ) 2014 YEAR 10 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESThe annual Programming Challenge for Girls was held on Thursday 20 November at Canterbury University. Approximately 100 girls from Canterbury and Nelson region were present. The girls worked in pairs to complete the challenge. Christchurch Girls’ High School were represented excellently by ten Year 10 Digital Technologies students. Alice was the programming language of choice, and after a morning of tutorials the girls were given a programming challenge to complete. Later in the afternoon medals were awarded based on the completed programming challenge. Out of 10 Gold medals awarded Christchurch Girls’ High School received 6 Gold medals plus 2 Bronze medals. We were also very proud to receive the overall Supreme Award. Well done to all involved: Olivia Duff, Laura Cullen, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Olivia Leslie, Amelia Botting, Milllie Goodrich, Janifer Lai, Frankie Openario, Aayushi Verma and Amelia Farmer.

Results:Olivia Duff and Laura Cullen – Gold and Supreme Award Caitlin Fitzgerald and Olivia Leslie – GoldAmelia Botting and Millie Goodrich – GoldJanifer Lai and Frankie Openario - Bronze

Back Row: Olivia Duff, Laura Cullen, Amelia Botting, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Aayushi Lai,Front Row: Frankie Openario, Olivia Leslie, Millie Goodrich, Amelia Farmer


YEAR 10 CPIT COMPETITION

On 19 November, 6 girls in Year 10 represented Christchurch Girls’ High School in the Year 10 CPIT Science Competition. We had three girls in each of the two teams, and they competed against Year 10 students from other schools across Christchurch. There were two parts to the competition - carrying out experiments in the lab, where we calibrated a thermometer and identified solids with chemical reactions, and completing a multichoice quiz which included questions from various fields of science: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology etc. It was a very challenging competition, but very rewarding and a great learning experience. We weren’t in the first five placings but we had lots of fun. After the competition, the contestants were treated to some Subway for their hard work and effort.

L-R: Madgeline Huang, Sarah Pratt, Laura Cullen

L-R: Lara Cunningham, Bridget Craig, Phoebe Milne


DR PAUL BROADY TALKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

This week our Year 10 classes were treated to a talk by Dr Paul Broady, a leading microbiologist from the University of Canterbury. Paul gave a wonderful overview of climate change; the causes, the impacts, the controversy surrounding it and the positive steps that can be taken at a global level and an individual level.


Sports NewsZONTA SPORTS AWARDS 2014The 24th Zonta Sports Awards were held at Addington Raceway on 30 October. These awards are organised by the Zonta Club of Christchurch South to showcase the achievements of talented sport students in the Canterbury and West Coast regions. CGHS had 7 athletes who were selected as finalists over a range of categories. The guest speaker this year was Angie Smit, a New Zealand middle distance runner who had recently competed at the Commonweath Games and was a past winner at the Zonta Awards.The results for our school are list below. FINAL RESULTSCategory 1 The award for contribution to a teamWinnerLily Fletcher CGHS Netball & VolleyballCategory 2 The award for contribution to Sports administration Girls FinalistsLily Fletcher CGHS Netball & Volleyball

Category 4 The award for outstanding achievement by a student specializing in one sportHighly CommendedCharlotte Sullivan CGHS Artistic GymnasticsFinalistsWhitney Hepburn CCGHS FootballCatherine Tinning CGHS HockeyBrittany Tucker CGHS Surf Life Saving

Category 5 The award for the most outstanding achievement by a teamMixed Teams WinnerJessica Kikstra CBHS & CGHS Triathlon teamArlia Schurr

Category 6 The award for the most outstanding achievement in more than one sportHighly commendedBrittany Tucker CGHS Surf Life Saving, SwimmingFinalistsJessica Kikstra CGHS Multi Sport, Cycling, X.C, Road Race

Congratulations to all these athletes but especially our 2 category winners:Lily Fletcher, our CGHS Sports prefect, was recognised for all that she has contributed to netball and volleyball this year. Lily has been student sports leader of both sports


and also the team captain for both the Senior A Netball team and the Premier Volleyball team. She has been a great leader both on and off the court. Well done Lily!Jessica Kikstra and Arlia Schurr were part of a mixed triathlon team with two CBHS boys. They won the Mixed Sprint Triathlon team event at the National Secondary Schools’ Triathlon Championships held in Gisborne in March. Well done girls!

CYCLING DEVELOPMENT SQUAD REPRESENTATIVES:Congratulations to Christine Lambley and Kate Smith for being selected by Bike NZ to be part of the Junior U17 road cycling teams which run from December 2014 to January 2015. We would like to wish them all the best of luck!

NATURAL TRACK LUGE WORLD CUPHi, my name is Olivia Leslie and at the beginning of December I am part of a three person NZ team who will leave to train and compete in the Natural Track Luge World Cup series in Europe. This year I am very proud to be part of New Zealand’s first ever international Natural track luge female athletes, along with Dunedin’s Tayla Ward. Tayla and I will be the first women lugers from NZ to compete overseas since 1998 and 2002 when Olympian Angela Paul retired. My Brother Jack Leslie will be returning for his 3rd year. We will compete for New Zealand in World cup and World championship races in Italy, German and Austria, accumulating points at each event towards our World Championship Ranking and also to develop our skills as an athlete in Natural Ice Luge. For those of you that don’t know what this is Natural Ice Luge, or naturbahn as it is known in German, is a sister sport to artificial track luge, which is the luge sport contested in the Winter Olympic Games. Natural track consists of luge racing on a flat, curved course, usually winding through a forested or wooded area. While not an Olympic sport, natural track does have its own international circuit that consists of World Championship, World Cup, national and regional races. We use a steering rein and drag our hands and use our legs in order to drive around the tight flat corners. Braking is often required in front of curves and is accomplished by the use of spikes built on the bottom of the shoes. Lugers compete against a timer and are timed to a thousandth of a second, making luge one of the most precisely


timed sports in the world. Please check out http://www.lugenz.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/naseby.luge?fref=ts&ref=br_tf to follow us.I got into this sport 6 years ago as a friend of ours lived in Naseby in the Maniototo area of Central Otago and they had told us about the Naseby Luge track that was being build so we went down one holidays to try it out as it is the only one of its kind in The Southern Hemisphere. Geoff Balme who got this all going has competed for New Zealand in international luge competitions including World Cup and World Championship events; he is also the vice president of the international luge federation. After that we have gone down every year for Luge camp and races, we have had international coaches from all round the world teaching us the proper technique on how to luge. Recently we had the world champion Patrick Pigneter from Italy coaching us in New Zealand. Previously we had Adam Jędrzejko from Poland and Guntis Rekis from Latvia coach. Guntis has had 13 seasons in the International Circuit, including four Olympic Games is a world champion in artificial luge so the technique he had taught us were very different than those that Patrick taught us.This trip we are getting extra time to train on the longer tracks in Italy so hopefully this will help us to get a good feel for the tracks and be competitive in the world cup races. We leave on the 2nd Dec and won’t be returning till the 28 Jan 2015.New Zealanders have competed in Olympic Luge events, including World Cup and World Championship competitions beginning in 1987, although not in recent years. The highlight of this was Angela Paul competing in the 1998 (19th overall in Nagano, Japan) and 2002 (23rd overall in Salt Lake City) Olympic Games. In 2001 Angela consistently finished around the top ten in World Cup Events, injury preventing her from replicating her performances in Salt Lake City.

Olivia Leslie Year 10

CANTERBURY SECONDARY SCHOOLS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSThe Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Senior Tennis Championships were held over the first 4 weeks of this term. This year CGHS had seven players entered in the Open grade and one in the Intermediate grade. All senior players represented our school very well. Congratulations to Harriet Clyma who was runner up in the Intermediate grade.The junior players (Year 9 and 10) competed in a separate tournament on 26/27 November. The Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Junior Tennis Championships were held at Wilding Park and were played on both the indoor and outdoor courts. CGHS had 2 players in the year 9 grade and 2 players in the year 10 grade. In both grades our 2 players ended up playing each other in the singles plate finals. Congratulations to Lily Carpenter who won the year 10 match against her sister, Charlotte Carpenter in three sets, very close! Lily Sawyer was victorious over


Maddison Muirson in the Year 9 plate match in 2 sets. Lily and Maddison combined in the year 9 doubles competition to win the plate final. The girls played in some very hot windy conditions, so a tiring 2 days. Well done girls!

Lily Carpenter and Charlotte Carpenter

Lily Sawyer and Maddison Muirson


FINAL SPORTS NEWS FOR 2014

As the end of the year approaches we have groups of students who are busy training and organising trips away before Christmas to represent our school at various sporting competitions. Firstly representing CGHS at the South Island Junior Volleyball Championships in Invercargill we have our Year 10 volleyball team. The Junior water polo team are participating in Christchurch at the Secondary Schools’ South Island Junior Water Polo Championships.

The Super Touch team are travelling to Auckland to participate in the NZ Secondary Schools Touch Championships. They are looking at bettering their placing from last year and have been training hard over the last few months plus had an encouraging moment last week when they were victorious over Burnside High School in the term 4 Super Touch competition. They final was played at AMI Stadium and was a very close game. The team have been doing lots of fundraising activities and thank those who have supported them in these.

Lastly we have twelve athletes travelling to Whanganui to participate in the NZSS Athletics Nationals. This is being held 6/7 December and all the girls have been training hard and hope to do well at the meet.

We wish all the girls travelling an enjoyable and successful time. Thank you so much to all the teachers, parents and coaches who will be accompanying the girls, as without your amazing support these athletes would not be able to participate.

2014 has been a very successful year for sport at CGHS. Many of our teams have trained hard and have been rewarded with success, both within Christchurch and nationally. Well done to all girls who have committed to a sport or sports during the year but especially to those who have tasted success after all your hard work. May 2015 bring the same or better results!

The Sports Department would like to thank all parents, teachers and community members who have supported sport at CGHS during the year. No matter how big or little your contribution it is very much appreciated. Transport, coaching, managing, umpiring, taking the score and cheering on from the side line all help make our athletes feel valued and supported and are necessary for all our teams to take the field. Thank you!


Hockey: Tullett Cup Most Improved Player

Shannon GordonCup for service to the Premier Hockey team

Isabella PearceCaptain of 1st XI Catherine Tinning

Netball: Berna Batchelor Memorial Cup Most Helpful Player

Lily Fletcher

Rowing:Sally Spencer Cup Best Individual Rower

Gabrielle Marris Paynter Trophy for the best Lightweight Rower

Daniella BraunbergerTrophy for Best Crew (U16 Eight) Charlotte Whitlow, Meg Roberts, Alice Commons, Grace Shaw, Georgia Sevier, Sophie Jackson, Paige Waddington, Ella Bachop, Kennedy Latham (cox).

Rugby: Pickering-Cross Legends Trophy for outstanding performance Emily Dalley

Running: The Brian Taylor Memorial Cup for Running Siana Worthington Squash:Best Player Ruby Beresford

Surfing:Competitive Trophy Molly Simpson

Swimming: AE Flowers Most Helpful in swimming

Brittany Tucker

Touch: Most Valuable Player Maisie Evison

Triathlon: Laura Wood Trophy Jessica Kikstra

Volleyball: AJ Hercus Trophy (Most Valuable Player) Tessa Hartland

Aerobics Shelton Cup:For overall contribution to Aerobics Samantha Lynskey

Badminton:Senior Champion Emily LaiJunior Champion Tigerlily Perry

Basketball:A team Most Improved Player Grace FranceMarsh Cup for the A team Player of the Year Ashlee FaneGinny Johnston Trophy for Most Outstanding Player

Laken WairauMost Improved Junior Player Chelsea Jones

Cricket:St Albans Cricket Club Cup for most outstanding player

Meg LayMaginness Cup for the best batting average Courtney Wiseman

Cycling: Blox Apparel best development rider

Samantha OgleViaStrada Elite rider Christine Lambley

Duathlon: Laura Wood Trophy Arlia Schurr

Equestrian: Senior Equestrian Sportswoman of the Year

Sophie WareJunior Equestrian Sportswoman of the Year

Maggie Copeland

Fairplay Award:Firestone Fairplay Trophy Bethany Long

Football:Hepburn Family Cup Football MVP

Whitney HepburnGymnastics:Junior Champion Blair CurrieIntermediate Champion Tigerlily PerrySenior Champion Anna Urquhart

2014 SPORTS CUPS & TROPHIES


Career NewsSUCCESS AT THE WAREHOUSEEight CGHS Year 12 students have earned the Customer Service Award through participation in The Warehouse’s Red Shirts in Schools programme, which involved ten days of work experience at The Warehouse and completion of a course workbook. The certificate is made up of 25 credits at level 2 and two at Level 3. The girls were: Tyler Mathews, Jahkaya Tukaki-Dellow, Hollie Whittaker, Hailey palmer, Ellen Tucker, Jessica Watson, Briana Cooper and Hanny Oberg-Nordt. The scheme has been very worthwhile.

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Whanau ReportTēnā koutou katoa me ngā mihi i tēnei wahanga whakamutunga o te tau.

Whanau and Pasifika Farewell.On Wednesday November 26, we held our first ever, combined farewell with the Pasifika community of our school. The evening was a wonderful opportunity for both groups to come together and celebrate the school leavers of 2014. We were able to acknowledge and celebrate those students who had committed to kaupapa Māori and Pasifika during their time at CGHS. Thank you to the staff and whanau who came to our hui to help make it a great event for the girls. It was an evening filled with laughter and a few tears. We wish both groups of girls all the best for the future and truly appreciate their contributions to the school.

Rakatahi Awards.A dinner for the Rakatahi awards was held at CPIT on Thursday 27 November. The Rakatahi awards celebrate Māori students who achieve excellence in Canterbury. We had two age group winners from the first rounds of the Rakatahi awards earlier in the year. These two girls then became eligible for the supreme awards which were awarded at the dinner. Our two Poutama(age group) award winners were Laken Wairau and Sapphire Wairau. It was a lovely evening in which we were able to celebrate the hard work that both Wairau girls put in to reaching the pinnacle of sporting success ie selection to New Zealand basketball teams. Congratulations to Laken for placing second in her section and to Sapphire for her first place.

Mihi kau ake ana

Adrienne Taylor

L-R: Mason Wairau, Mrs Pauline Duthie (Principal), Laken Wairau, Tracey Wairau, Laken’s grandmother, Adrienne Taylor and Laken’s proud grandfather.


Pasifika Student LeaversBack Row: Lute Tuipulotu, Georgia Hetutu, Aleni Chapman, Toaiga Palamo, Azania Tanoa-KellFront Row: Taina Tuipulotu, Mata Tanoa-Kell

Whanau Student LeaversBack Row: Georgia Hetutu, Holly Welford, Harriet Brown, Meg Lay, Ruby Rose, Brooke PrestFront Row: Maia Hart


Dear Parents and Friends

The year has ended and how quickly time has flown. I can only thank our entire community: staff, parents and students for what a wonderful year it has been. There will be barely time to catch breath before Christmas is upon us, New Year is here and school starts for 2015.

2015 will start with a new timetable. Every day will start at the same time and every day (except Wednesday) will conclude at the same time. This information has been communicated to you via email and we look forward to the positive benefits it will bring to our students.

I have had the pleasure of listening to Tina Moore, editor of Remix magazine, a leading NZ fashion publication, speak. Far more hip and funky than I could ever be, Tina gave her top tips for winning at life. For those of us with teenage daughters – who never seem to appreciate the “out-dated” wisdom we have to offer - or for those of us trying to make New Year’s resolutions we might actually keep, here are Tina’s Top Tips for Winning at Life.

1. Always present yourself well. 2. Have a life outside of work or study.3. Educate yourself.4. Get some real life work experience.5. Have fun.6. Never leave the house with wet hair. Ever.7. Listen to your nana.8. Wear sunscreen.9. Don’t smoke.10. Be good with your hard earned money.11. Cherish your friends, it’s hard to make new ones.12. Everything will be alright in the end, and if it’s not alright, it’s not the end.

I hope every one of our students feels successful and knows how to go about winning at life and I wish you all a very happy Christmas and relaxing holiday season.

Pauline DuthiePrincipal

Principal, BOT & PTA Report


Dear Parents and Friends

It is now that time of year where we are attending end of year functions. As a parent, I am experiencing, for the first time, a daughter that is leaving school and is heading out into the big wide world. Apart from making me feel quite old, it has given me the opportunity to attend various leavers’ functions.

First on the list was High Tea where Acland girls have a send off for their Year 13 leavers. This was a great reflection on their last five years at Acland and the school and showcased the spirit and camaraderie that these girls have built up over this time. The evening was a lot of fun and thanks to Dee, our Hostel Manager, for putting together a great entertainment package.

Last week I also attended the Pacifica and Whanau Hui which also recognized those girls leaving Christchurch Girls’ High from the Pacifica and Whanau communities. Once again this demonstrated the camaraderie these girls have developed during their time at the school. We also got a sneak preview into their trips away to Polyfest and the National Nga Manu Korero speech competitions in Napier which looked like a huge amount of fun and great for community spirit.

On Thursday this week I will be attending the Year 13 leavers’ dinner and I have no doubt I will see a similar sense of spirit in amongst all our Year 13 leavers. I am very much looking forward to it and of course on Monday we will have our final end of year prizegiving to wrap up the year.

The overwhelming feeling I get from these events is the pride and spirit these girls show and, I have no doubt, the lifelong friendships that have been developed during their time at school. Whilst academic achievement is at the forefront of the Boards’ strategic thinking, we are placing a lot of emphasis on the spirit and culture within the school community, especially the girls. We want to ensure that as they move through life they will not only have been well prepared but they will also look back on their school years with a lot of positive memories.

On that note, I would like to wish all our Year 13 leavers all the best for their future endeavours.

I look forward to seeing you all at final assembly but for those of you who can’t make it, have a great Christmas and a relaxing break.

Mike LayBOT Chair


General InformationPRIZEGIVING PHOTOGRAPHS2014 Prizegiving photographs are being taken by Jacqui Ames of Langwoods School Photography. These photographs will be able to be viewed and ordered at:www.schoolphotography.co.nz with password CGHSL14.

SCHOOL DIARY FOR 2015 - YEAR 12 and 13

Years 12 and 13 Students in 2015 will not automatically be receiving a School Diary. Often these students require a more substantial organiser and this would make an excellent Christmas gift.

YEAR 10 CLASSES 2015

Comprehensive achievement information is used to arrange the Year 10 classes. Students’ performances across the whole year determine class placement. Students therefore do not necessarily remain with the same group in Year 10.If you have any concerns or queries or need to pass on any information please contact Ms Eder, Ph.348 0849. Unless you make information known this year, it is unlikely any requests will be responded to in 2014 once classes have been confirmed.

RICCARTON TAILORING2b Straven Road

Riccarton Ph: 348 9339

• Blazer braiding including Prefects’ braiding.• Uniform alterations and repairs

• Drycleaning


SECONDHAND UNIFORM SALES

Thank you for continuing to support the secondhand uniform sales. The PTA sees this as a valuable service that provides good quality clothing at reasonable prices. We have a good range of sizes in all summer and winter uniforms. There are frequent sales, usually the last Friday of each month. 70% of the uniform selling price is returned to the seller with the remaining 30% used to benefit the school. Garments may also be donated.

The secondhand uniform sales shop is located at the back of the Gymnasium at Christchurch Girls’ High School, accessed from Matai Street. Payment is by cash or cheque only.

The next sales are: Tuesday 16 December: 5-7pm receiving clothing only (no sales).

Wednesday 17 December: 5-7pm selling and receiving.Tuesday 13 January 2015: 5-7pm receiving clothing only (no sales).

Wednesday 14 January 2015: 5-7pm selling and receiving.Last Minute Sale 2015: Saturday 24 January - 10-12noon.

All garments offered to us for sale must be clean and only excellent quality clothing will be accepted. Please label each garment with owner’s full contact details. Kilts and blazers are to be dry-cleaned.

The shop is only open on sale days and will not be opened for one-off requests. Payment is by cash or cheque only. Any enquiries please telephone:

Ann Margaritis Ph. 354 5935 or leave a message.


2015 CGHS SCHOOL DATESStart dates are:Monday 26 January – International Orientation

Tuesday 27 January – Staff Only Day

Wednesday 28 January – Years 9 and 13

Thursday 29 January – Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 Year 13 Peer Support Leaders only

Friday 30 January – First full school day

Term dates:Term 1: Monday 26 January - Thursday 2 April

Waitangi Day - 6 FebruaryGood Friday - 3 April

Easter Monday - 6 April

Term 2: Monday 20 April - Friday 3 JulyANZAC Day - 27 April

Queen’s Birthday – 1 June

Term 3: Monday 20 July - Friday 25 SeptemberExeat Day (no school) - 21 August

Term 4: Monday 12 October - Wednesday 9 DecemberLabour Day - 26 October

Exeat Day (no school) - 12 NovemberShow Day - 13 November

Wednesday 9 December – Prizegiving


RICCARTON HOUSE AND BUSH FUNDAY SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER

(WET WEATHER DAY SUN 14 DECEMBER)

Sunday Centennial Celebration of Riccarton Bush Reserve donated to Canterbury people 100 years ago.

TUG of WAR competition between local intermediate and secondary schools.

Programme for day: 10-4pm in the grounds:

Riccarton House: Art and All Black memorabilia exhibited Vintage cars displayed Devonshire and High Tea City Mission Christmas tree display

Riccarton Grounds: Food stalls, marquee, old style foods Bouncy castle, face painting 3 x music bands

Games: Treasure Hunts (1st one at 11am) TUG of WARS start at 12 noon. All Blacks to anchor teams Medbury vs Kirkwood CGHS vs St Margarets CBHS vs Christ College STAC bagpipes.

Come and support our local community and of course our CGHS Tug of War Team.


Christchurch High School Old Girls’ Association

Membership Application

Name: .............................................................................................................................Address (including postcode): ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................Email: .............................................................................................................................Telephone No: (Home)............................ Cellphone: ....................................................Years at CGHS: ................................... to ..........................................

Subscription: Life Membership subscription $100.00 (usually $125.00, reduced for 2014 students joining within 6 months of leaving CGHS)

Donation: ...................................................................................................................Total amount paid: .....................................................................................................

Please tick means of payment: Cheque made out to CGHSOGA.To bank account 03 1592 0035868 00

Please return this form to:Mrs Keenan

The Hon. TreasurerCHSOG’s Association

93 Normans RoadMerivale

Christchurch 8052

or email to:

[email protected]


ARRANGEMENTS FOR FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL YEAR - MONDAY 8 DECEMBER

8.40am Students to form room. Do not bring bags to school today.

9.00am To gymnasium for internal junior prizegiving and information on evening Prizegiving.

10.30am Students dismissed from school. Exchange bus leaves at 10.45.

10.50 am Bus to Horncastle Arena, transporting Kapa Haka, Choir and Orchestra students

Practices at Horncastle Arena:

11.00am Kapa Haka.

11.30am Choir

12.00noon Orchestra

The students are to make their own transport arrangements from the arena, following their practice.

6.40pm All students are to be seated in Horncastle Arena, in their designated seats, in full winter uniform, including blazers.

9.30pm (approx) End of Prizegiving. Students collect reports from their form teacher and are then free to leave.


10 Matai Street | Riccarton | Christchurch 8011 | New ZealandTelephone: +64 3 348 0849 | Facsimile: +64 3 348 0847 | email: [email protected]

Website: www.cghs.school.nz

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